she has a new album out tomorrow called "Pour une âme souveraine (A dedication to nina simone)".
― sisilafami, Monday, 8 October 2012 21:33 (eleven years ago) link
!!!!
― Cap'n Hug-a-Thug (The Reverend), Monday, 8 October 2012 22:14 (eleven years ago) link
oh wow, i saw that she was doing a tribute tour (a la prince), but didn't think she would do a record.
i have a gig the night she comes to town, but purposefully took the opening slot so i can go see her. :)
― have a sandwich or ice cream sandwich (Jordan), Monday, 8 October 2012 22:21 (eleven years ago) link
I will have to check that out
yeah her prince tribute was a+, nina will be aces
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 8 October 2012 22:23 (eleven years ago) link
Is the album gonna be covers of Nina Simone songs? I love both Simone and Ndegeocello, but I'm not sure if she's the best to cover her... Would love to be proven wrong, though.
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 9 October 2012 08:39 (eleven years ago) link
tracklisting on Amazon plus a few details below
1. Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood 2. Suzanne 3. Real Real (feat. Toshi Reagon) 4. House Of The Rising Sun (feat. Toshi Reagon) 5. Turn Me On 6. Feelin' Good 7. Don't Take All Night (feat.Sinead O'Connor) 8. Nobody's Fault But Mine (feat. Lizz Wright) 9. Be My Husband (feat. Valerie June) 10. Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair (feat. V 11. See Line Woman (feat. Tracy Wannomae) 12. Either Way I Lose 13. To Be Young, Gifted and Black (feat. Cody Chesnutt 14. Four Women
Meshell Ndegeocello, the American singer-songwriter, rapper, bassist and vocalist and her musicians Chris Bruce (guitar), Jebin Bruni (keys), and Deantoni Parks (drums) recorded a tribute to Nina Simone and play some of the tracks made famous by the icon of black music. Meshell also invited a few guests to take part of this dedication to Nina Simone, such as Sinead O'Conner, Lizz Wright, Valerie June, Toshi Reagon and Cody ChesnuTT.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 9 October 2012 16:19 (eleven years ago) link
I don't know why she didn't record an album of Prince covers...the clips of her doing them in concert sounded great...
― The Pastiche Liberation Front (sonnyboy), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 16:48 (eleven years ago) link
i bet that would get into some weird territory both legally and personally, i read somewhere that they're not exactly close personal friends? would love to hear that record though.
― have a sandwich or ice cream sandwich (Jordan), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 16:59 (eleven years ago) link
otm
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 17:01 (eleven years ago) link
Yep, Prince might try to block it. For an interview with her that I did, she said:
Ndegeocello, who said in a 2000 interview that her goal was to tour as Prince’s bass player, answered a bit cryptically when I asked if she had ever performed with him. “He's an amazing musician, an amazing player, an unparalleled creator. He wasn't the nicest dude to me.”
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 9 October 2012 17:05 (eleven years ago) link
prince why u gotta be mean 2 our girl?
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 17:16 (eleven years ago) link
I mean could/would Prince block that...I mean I know he's not as keen as Larry David on the whole lesbian issue but that would be a whole nother level of 'WTF'...oh yeah I forgot...he's Prince...
― The Pastiche Liberation Front (sonnyboy), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 17:49 (eleven years ago) link
The versions of "See Line Woman" and "Four Women" are so good. I kind of wish the guest vocalists would go away tho.
― Cap'n Hug-a-Thug (The Reverend), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 07:12 (eleven years ago) link
fuck. The World Has... is a masterpiece.
― Cap'n Hug-a-Thug (The Reverend), Friday, 26 October 2012 09:53 (eleven years ago) link
I mean, I already knew I loved this album but it's completely undoing my head right now.
― Cap'n Hug-a-Thug (The Reverend), Friday, 26 October 2012 09:54 (eleven years ago) link
:D
― IMP of the perverse (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 26 October 2012 14:51 (eleven years ago) link
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― IMP of the perverse (Drugs A. Money), Saturday, 27 October 2012 06:50 (eleven years ago) link
that album cracks my head open slightly wider every time i listen to it
― Rolling "2 chainz" draadje (The Reverend), Saturday, 22 December 2012 21:55 (eleven years ago) link
kinda f'ed up world when she's probably best known for that van Morrison cover mellencamp did years ago, she's basically a genius.
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Saturday, 22 December 2012 21:59 (eleven years ago) link
yeup
― Rolling "2 chainz" draadje (The Reverend), Saturday, 22 December 2012 22:48 (eleven years ago) link
Otm
― when worlds coincide (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 23 December 2012 03:47 (eleven years ago) link
my brother celebrating his birthday the other night!
https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc6/c0.0.403.403/p403x403/261250_10152596907085298_83951970_n.jpg
― scott seward, Thursday, 21 February 2013 01:36 (eleven years ago) link
! <3
― The Reverend, Thursday, 21 February 2013 01:46 (eleven years ago) link
WHOA
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 21 February 2013 04:09 (eleven years ago) link
super cool!
― harvester of lols (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 21 February 2013 06:52 (eleven years ago) link
new song! new album!
http://i.imgur.com/CbyXOnt.jpg
http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/av/2014/04/song-premiere-meshell-ndgeocello---conviction.html
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 21 April 2014 21:47 (nine years ago) link
https://twitter.com/OfficialMeshell/status/458005316215775232
bang bang
― rap steve gadd (D-40), Monday, 21 April 2014 22:34 (nine years ago) link
"past is prelude aint it" is one of the all-time beef shots ever fired, lolling all day about it
― Now I Am Become Dracula (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 21 April 2014 23:19 (nine years ago) link
song is amazing shade is amazing meshell is amazing
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 22 April 2014 11:11 (nine years ago) link
ha, she had said before that Prince had said some not so nice things to her but I always assumed it was regarding her sexuality
― steendriver dysphoria hoos (The Reverend), Tuesday, 22 April 2014 21:54 (nine years ago) link
sooo excited I get to be in the same room as her in a couple days ^__^
fans of Meshell’s will no doubt be intrigued by her cover of Whodini’s “Friends”, a seminal hip-hop track originally released in 1984. Commenting on her inspiration for choosing this song, Meshell explains: “I play with a lot of people who play improvisational music and jazz, and I thought it would be fun to take something that they might think of as easy or straight-forward, and do something different with it. I also like how language is morphing, and 'friends' is such a malleable word, I don't even know what it means anymore.”
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 23 April 2014 14:18 (nine years ago) link
yeah i'm so psyched for that. cover of "love you down" on devil's halo is all time
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 23 April 2014 14:56 (nine years ago) link
this new song is not getting enough love, it's really something
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 23 April 2014 15:54 (nine years ago) link
it sounds so good
― IKEA metaballs (Spottie), Wednesday, 23 April 2014 15:55 (nine years ago) link
Sup.
https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/t31.0-8/10285609_10202515722309063_5770421182052930679_o.jpg
― steendriver dysphoria hoos (The Reverend), Friday, 25 April 2014 04:55 (nine years ago) link
<3
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Friday, 25 April 2014 05:30 (nine years ago) link
Cool!
― kidd-gilchrist-douglas-roberts- (Spottie), Friday, 25 April 2014 07:36 (nine years ago) link
― lex pretend, Friday, 25 April 2014 07:37 (nine years ago) link
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rev = hero
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 25 April 2014 15:46 (nine years ago) link
revvvvvvvvvvvv
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Friday, 25 April 2014 18:25 (nine years ago) link
O_O
Awesome!
― Drugs A. Money, Saturday, 26 April 2014 03:43 (nine years ago) link
Her thoughts at the keynote ruled.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 26 April 2014 04:46 (nine years ago) link
fyi this album is amazing
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 21 May 2014 12:23 (nine years ago) link
halfway through it struck me that, despite being VERY different artists, meshell is one of very few singers whose aesthetic could be compared to sade's
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 21 May 2014 12:24 (nine years ago) link
Direct quote from booklet:
Thank You NaïveThank You Girlie ActionThank You Reverend
― Andy K, Tuesday, 27 May 2014 17:31 (nine years ago) link
that's me! :D
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 27 May 2014 19:36 (nine years ago) link
revvvv
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 27 May 2014 19:56 (nine years ago) link
http://www.npr.org/2014/05/25/314280889/first-listen-meshell-ndegeocello-comet-come-to-me
Some nice tunes here
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 28 May 2014 13:54 (nine years ago) link